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(a)<br />

(c)<br />

compaction b<strong>and</strong><br />

Porosity<br />

0.35<br />

0.30<br />

0.25<br />

0.20<br />

0.15<br />

0.10<br />

0.05<br />

0.00<br />

(b)<br />

(d)<br />

0.1 0.3 0.6 1.8 4.2 8.7<br />

Distance from tip (m)<br />

Figure 4.8. Thin section image <strong>of</strong> a compaction b<strong>and</strong> within the Aztec s<strong>and</strong>stone taken<br />

with plane polarized light (quartz grains are white, feldspar grains are brownish, hematite<br />

is black, epoxy-impregnated porosity is blue). The b<strong>and</strong> as shown is approximately 9 mm<br />

thick <strong>and</strong> a coarse-fine-coarse bedding sequence running across it is indicated by the<br />

double-headed arrows. (a) Core from which this thin section was made. (b) Backscatter<br />

electron image <strong>of</strong> the (relatively) pristine s<strong>and</strong>stone matrix. (c) Backscatter electron<br />

image <strong>of</strong> the compaction b<strong>and</strong>. In the BEI images, quartz is gray, feldspar is white,<br />

speckles <strong>of</strong> dark gray are kaolinite, <strong>and</strong> black is porosity. Note the micro-fracture<br />

accommodated plasticity <strong>of</strong> the detrital quartz. (d) Clustered bar chart showing the<br />

distribution <strong>of</strong> porosity inside (middle bar) <strong>and</strong> immediately outside (left bar) the<br />

compaction b<strong>and</strong> with distance from the tip (clay included as porosity. The porosity<br />

difference (right bar) gives the relative volume strain attributable to mechanical<br />

compaction at each location. This compaction strain is remarkably uniform throughout<br />

the b<strong>and</strong> at about 10%.<br />

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